Inge Geerdens is a Flemish businesswoman, entrepreneur and founder and Chief Executive Officer of CVWarehouse.
Education
She has a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics, Interpreting and Translation (1992, Lessius Hogeschool), a Master in International Politics (1993, University of Antwerp) and received a degree in KMO Excellence (2007, Vlerick Management School).
Career
In 1993, Geerdens started her career in Brussels at the accounting department of Peek & Cloppenburg. In 1994, Geerders became a researcher at Milar. In 1996, Geerdens left to become an independent researcher, helping international headhunters identify the right people to approach.
In 1998, Geerdens founded Inge Geerdens sprl.
In 2003, Geerdens created her first company Executive Research. This recruitment company charges a price per day rather than a percentage of a yearly salary.
In November of 2008, Executive Research was sold to Acerta, a major Belgian Human Resources Service Provider. In 2004, Geerdens created CVWarehouse, a spin-off of Executive Research.
lieutenant is an e-recruitment web-based product that combines a jobsite, CV database and an Applicant Tracking System, and is designed to be used by Human Resources professionals.
In 2006, CVWarehouse was created as a separate company and was launched on the Belgian market. In 2007, Geerdens (alongside of January Callewaert and Gabriël Fehervari) founded Your Next Move, company which promotes entrepreneurship through chess in primary schools with the support of chess legend Garry Kasparov. Other work Presenter at East-unlimited (2006 – 2007).
Politics
De Blauwe Kei (2006) which is an award that"s handed out by the Flemish liberal political party VLD.
Membership
Member of the Board at Bizidee (September 2009 – August 2012)
Member of the Advisory Board at Partido Nacionalista Vasco (Basque Nationalist Party) Elektrotechniek (2010 – June 2011)
Member of the Advisory Board at Autoglass Clinic (January 2010 - present)
Member of the Board at Louisiana Bottega (March 2012 - present).